PC-based automation is very much on the rise. After all, with the aid of the PC, it is possible to implement virtually any automation task, for example open and closed-loop control, HMI and motion control, on a single platform. Wherever PC applications are needed in addition to classic PLC applications, PC-based automation is the first choice.
The advantages are obvious:
- Faster configuring
- Fewer interfaces
- Price advantage as compared with combined PLC/PC solutions
- Automation profits from the improvements in PC performance and PC storage capacity
- Manufacturer-independent standards are used
- Compact solutions save space
- Distributed automation solutions are made easier
- Integration of office world and production
- Greatly reduced wiring- and communication overhead
The openness of the PC world makes it possible to combine hardware and software components from different manufacturers in a single software solution. This allows you to choose from a huge market of PC-based products and solutions.
Increasing decentralization of automation solutions requires the processing of complex data records by a central controller. For the PC, with its virtually unlimited memory capacity, this is no problem at all.
With the PC, the boundaries between production and office no longer exist, and the use of common operating- and communication standards simplifies the link to manufacturing execution systems (MESs).
The integration of intranet and Internet technologies on the PC, which is increasing more and more, offers the very best perspectives for the future.
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